Showing posts with label WWII. Show all posts
Showing posts with label WWII. Show all posts

Monday 9 March 2015

Too Late the Hero (1969)

Directed by Robert Aldrich and starring Michael Caine, Cliff Robertson, Henry Fonda 
and Ian Bannen.



DVD bought in 2004
144mins






Photo Gallery

Sunday 8 March 2015

Where Eagles Dare (1968)

Directed by Brian G. Hutton and starring Richard Burton, Clint Eastwood, Mary Ure, Ingrid Pitt and Patrick Wymark.


DVD bought in 2003

Blu-ray bought in 2012
155m 08s





 DVD





On Location: Where Eagles Dare (12mins)
Theatrical Trailer

Friday 6 March 2015

The Night of the Generals (1967)

Directed by Anatole Litvak and starring Peter O'Toole, Omar Sharif, Tom Courtenay, Charles Gray, Donald Pleasance and Christopher Plummer.


DVD bought in 2004
145mins






No extras

The Dirty Dozen (1967)

Directed by Robert Aldrich and starring Lee Marvin, Ernest Borgnine, Charles Bronson, Jim Brown,  John Cassavetes, Richard Jaeckel, George Kennedy, Robert Ryan, Telly Savalas, Donald Sutherland and Clint Walker.


2-disc Special Edition DVD bought in 2006
149m 27s







Audio commentary with actors Jim Brown, Trini Lopez, Stuart Cooper and Colin Maitland; 
producer Kenneth Hyman, original novelist EM Nathanson, film historian David J. Schow, 
and military advisor Captain Dale Dye
Film introduction by actor Ernest Borgnine
Operation Dirty Dozen - 1967 featurette
Armed and Deadly: The Making of The Dirty Dozen (31mins)
The Filthy Thirteen: Real Stories from Behind the Lines (47mins)
Combat Leadership: The Ultimate Challenge (30mins)

Bonus movie - The Dirty Dozen: The Next Mission (1985) Directed by Andrew V. McLaglen and starring Lee Marvin and Ernest Borgnine. 95mins

Monday 2 March 2015

Battle of the Bulge (1965)

Directed by Ken Annakin and starring Henry Fonda, Robert Shaw, Robert Ryan, Dana Andrews, Charles Bronson, James MacArthur, Pier Angeli and Telly Savalas.


DVD bought in 2005

Blu-ray bought in 2010
169m 40s





 DVD





Audio commentary with director Ken Annakin and actor James MacArthur
The Filming of Battle of the Bulge
History Recreated
Theatrical Trailer

The Heroes of Telemark (1965)

Directed by Anthony Mann and starring Kirk Douglas, Richard Harris and Michael Redgrave.


DVD bought in 2004
131mins






10 Featurettes (65mins)
Theatrical Trailer

Thursday 26 February 2015

The Great Escape (1963)

Directed by John Sturges and starring Steve McQueen, James Garner, Richard Attenborough, 
James Donald, Charles Bronson, Donald Pleasance, James Coburn and David McCallum.


2-disc Special Edition DVD bought in 2002

Blu-ray bought in 2013
172m 14s







 Blu-ray






Audio commentary with James Garner, James Coburn, Donald Pleasence and David McCallum.
Bringing Fact to Fiction (12mins)
Preparations for Freedom (20mins)
The Flight to Freedom (10mins)
A Standing Ovation (6mins)
The Untold Story (51mins)
The Untold Story - Additional Interviews (10mins)
The Real Virgil Hilts: A Man Called Jones (25mins)
Return to The Great Escape (24mins)
Theatrical Trailer

Tuesday 24 February 2015

The Longest Day (1962)

Directed by Ken Annakin, Andrew Marton and Bernhard Wicki.

Starring Eddie Albert, Paul Anka, Richard Burton, Red Buttons, Sean Connery, Irina Demick, 

Mel Ferrer, Henry Fonda, Steve Forrest, Gert Frobe, Leo Genn, Jeffrey Hunter, Curt Jurgens, 
Peter Lawford, Christian Marquand, Roddy McDowall, Sal Mineo, Robert Mitchum, Kenneth More, Edmond O' Brien, Robert Ryan, Rod Steiger, Richard Todd, Robert Wagner and John Wayne.


2-disc Collector's Edition DVD bought in 2004

2-disc Special Edition Blu-ray bought in 2011
178m 20s








 Blu-ray






Blu-ray extras - 

Audio commentary with Ken Annakin
Audio commentary with Mary Corey
A Day to Remember -featurette
Longest Day: A Salute to Courage -featurette
AMC's Backstory: The Longest Day -featurette
D-Day Revisited -documentary (52mins)
Richard Zanuck on The Longest Day
Photo galleries
Theatrical trailer

Monday 23 February 2015

The Guns of Navarone (1961)

Directed by J. Lee Thompson and starring Gregory Peck, David Niven, Anthony Quinn, Stanley Baker, Anthony Quayle, James Darren, Irene Papas and Gia Scala.


DVD bought in 2001

2-disc Special Edition DVD bought in 2009

50th Anniversary Edition Blu-ray bought in 2011
156m 21s






 DVD





 DVD






Blu-ray extras - 

Audio commentary by director J. Lee Thompson
Audio commentary by film historian Stephen J. Rubin
The Resistance Dossier of Navarone
Forging the Guns of Navarone: Notes from the Set
Ironic Epic of Heroism
Epic Restoration
A Heroic Score
Prologue without the narration
Memories of Navarone
Message from Carl Foreman
Great Guns" featurette
No Visitors" featurette
Honeymoon on Rhodes" featurette
Two Girls on the Town" featurette